Documentary and landscape.
Michael Novotny is a nomadic award-winning and world-wide published photographer with a big passion for the Arctic. Sometimes based in Iceland and sometimes on the way. He’s originally from Prague, where he graduated in a field of Landscape architecture, gaining a master degree diploma. He’s always been strongly influenced by nature with passion for landscape photography since early 00’s.
Shortly after studies he decides to leave the big city life and change it for nomadic life - style, free of consumerism. Michael‘s spent last years partly in Iceland, Swiss Alps and Czech republic and travels whenever it is possible. He’s visited more than 70 countries over the last decade. Using mainly analogue techniques over the years he developed unique style to capture and connect to the worldwide landscapes and its inhabitants.
In his most recent works he‘s shifting his attention to a socio-environmental storytelling document. Especially interested and fascinated by a remote parts of the world, where the influence of our western society and life-style isn’t that strong yet, but slowly permeates the communities.
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Awards.
During the last few years, Michael has won several international photoawards just to name few:
British Journal of Photography - Portrait of Humanity
winner x 2020
International photography awards
honorable mention x 2019
Proffesional category People : Traditions and CultureMillennium Images award
finalist x 2018
LensCulture Emerging Talent Award
winner x 2017
Czech press photo
finalist x 2017
British Journal of Photography x Interpid Film Photog.
winner x 2017
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